![]() #347-348...in progress... Fast forward to right now. Blogging. Rain from earlier drying on the palm trees outside. Husband working on some crazy PhD business. Cats sleeping. And two pieces of art on my table, not quite done. I mean...I guess they could be done. But I really want to go back in with some washes of black acrylic for some outlining and emphasis...so...I consider them to be 'in progress'. And I am trying to be okay with that. It was either stay up and keep on keepin' on with the art...or catch up on blogging. Torn, because leaving either unfinshed makes me a little crazy...I opted to blog. Hey, paint's gotta dry anyway, right? Now...rewind. To Wednesday. Wednesday was...eventful, to say the least. After a busy day with my students I had the holiday cheerleading party (Ugly Sweater theme, no less) on my mind and...everything came to a halt when I got a flat tire. I just made it back home, any farther and I would have been driving on the rim. Not cool, man. Not cool. ![]() Sons of Anarchy and artin'. ...but I made it home safely, along with my carpool buddy, and it was a tire, which can be replaced (and was replaced, today)...so thank you to whoever is looking out for me. And I get it...I need to take a minute, pay attention...relax, enjoy things a bit instead of constantly rushing around and keeping busy. So I made some ornaments for my team...and my outfit for the party...and even had a little time to work on CED #347 before falling alseep. And that was, well, that was Wednesday. Now I am getting ready to sleep, fresh art on the table waiting for the final layer of paint, a new tire on my car, some ideas in my head for tomorrow's piece...now I can hit the pause button and get some rest. Night, ya'll.
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![]() So...I don't even know where to start. Art Basel...for the short amount of time I was there with Jess and Angela (with press passes, yay Art Hive!) ...was...just...an experience. There were several points on Sunday that I wanted to just sit down in the middle of everything and just cry I was so overwhelmed by the energy and talent all around me. All of the major galleries, the major art dealers, the art that is 'now'...it was all there, sprawled out in a labyrinth of mini-gallery settings...and it just...went on...an on...and on... Too much to even begin to talk about. So...uh...here are some pictures of some art in the car on the way down south, evening events, Sunday morning artin' to get my head straight, a day at Art Basel and a few pics from last night and today as I tried to get back to reality...and finish up all of my in-progress pieces from the last few days! (CEDs #341-345) Enjoy! ![]() I love birthday cake. And art. Yep, it's my birthday. Today I am 35 years old. Looks really funny when I see that written out. 35...me? True story. I don't feel 35. I feel 25. Sometimes I feel 15. Silly, excited, sparkly, inspired, creative- that is how I feel. If that is what it feels like to be 35 then bring it. As far as birthdays go, this has seriously been one of the best ever. Lot's of celebrating and birthday love from friends and family. ...and I am definitely more productive in my art than I have ever been, so I am excited about what the future will bring. I am working on trying to get my art out there more, maybe money (or a living) off of it..but for now I am just content to just keep makin' art til I can't no more. ![]() 'You Spin Me Right Round' I finished up CED #338 tonight...I was thinking that this dame was putting up her tree and it just got all crazy, the ornaments tangled up in her messy curls...what's a girl to do? Just a fun picture made on my birthday. I made it with the intention that the figure would be upside down...but I think it works the other way as well. Then...I started thinking... ![]() 'Repeater' ...hey what if I tried to make a repeat pattern... So I plugged it in the collage and this is what I got. Now, the image was not made to be a repeat, but it was fun to see what it would look like. There were some areas that seemed to connect, I could probably push this idea more. Would be fun wrapping paper if put in repeat...just a thought. ![]() #336, posted it today (finally!) Wow. December. Really? Yes. Really. I can't believe it is already December...and I have been making a piece of art (or five or ten) every day this year. And now I am in the last month of this Creative Every Day Challenge. Wow. Not going to reflect on it a ton right now, but I will be writing more about this whole experience in the future...but not now, it's getting late! My first two pieces for the month are now posted. I was tardy in getting #336 posted (pardon me) because my AMAZING husband and friends planned a surprise early birthday party for me yesterday. Seriously, amazing. First thing this morning...yep, I am up. Headed to the beach to draw and the wind had other plans. I stayed for about 30-40 minutes and then threw in the towel..put away my art materials and headed out to run errands. Finally, much later... it was time to pull out my small art table and catch up on Project Runway while I finished finished up #337.
And now, time to get some sleep- gotta get up in less than five hours! ![]() Tonight I finished gluing the crystals to my last piece in my monthly series, which started off as fashion illustrations in general and quickly became all about Oscar de la Renta's Fall 2012 runway looks...then it moved to the styling..sigh. Tonight I will be working on my monthly self portrait. What am I going to do? No clue whatsoever. Also on the agenda for the weekend...sleeping in...some beach and/or pool time...some early birthday celebrating...working on some commissions...and doing some cleaning and organizing. But for now, it feels good to be finished with this month's series. I do want to go in and do at least 10 or so fashion illustrations, maybe some big ones, just to loosen up again. I haven't even check to see what the Creative Every Day theme is for December, the final month in this endeavor to make art every day in 2012. Might peek tonight, might not. But for now, it feels good to be finished with this month's series. I do want to go in and do at least 10 or so fashion illustrations, maybe some big ones, just to loosen up again. I haven't even check to see what the Creative Every Day theme is for December, the final month in this endeavor to make art every day in 2012. Might peek tonight, might not. But one thing is for sure...I will be artin'. "I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right." -Oscar de la Renta (...and I couldn't agree more!) ![]() Today on the agenda...teaching art all day, the headed to cheer practice with my JV team (after going over b-ball chants we just played around with stunts, lot's of fun!)..nap at 6:30 (ya'll don't judge)...an email about a collaboration with an AMAZING glass artist...a trip to the gym...and then to my art table to finish up #333. For this piece, I continued with the circle motif, still keeping a consistent image by focusing on the head/styling from the Oscar de la Renta Fall 2012 runway. I really tried to focus on the black line today. I really love a black outline, love how it makes the colors 'pop'. Makes me think of stained glass. Today I added some text...see if you can read what it says! |
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